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South Korea: Student arrested, charged under the National Security Act

The student academic group Capitalism Research Society, is being investigated by the Korean National Police Agency (KN PA) and its president was arrested with other members of the group on national security charges, the Forehand reported on 24 March.

The arrested president of the association, known as Chloe, is charged with violating the National Security Act.

According to police, Chloe and his group have openly supported the 'enemy', North Korea. They are accused of the New Generation Young Communists' Red Flag with the drafting of a pro-North Korea meeting in 2006. They are also following action guidelines supporting the enemy on an Alternative Economy Camp in January 2008. The group more than 30 pro-North Korea writings posted on the Internet.

And two former members of the group were released on 21 March, 12 other representatives searched their homes by the police computers, USB keys and documents seized. The police announced that the students would be interviewed.

The arrests were criticized by the opposition as lead to a police state atmosphere.

Beak Won-woo, secretary of the main opposition Democratic Party, condemned the use of the North Korean ideology by the authorities as a mean to a crisis of survival between the two countries.

Lee Jung-he, chairman of the Democratic Labor Party, said the arrests would lead to increased pressure on the police and other civilians students and forced them to self-sensor. She said members of her party were arrested on the students, and described the police action as an attempt to discredit the opposition.

Since the attacks by North Korea in December 2010, the South Korean government used its control of pro-North Korean propaganda-in the country intensified, especially on the Internet.